Week 11

Wow, this is actually going by kind of fast.. I'll be happy when my exam is completely done and i can bask in my pregnant-ness. I went and bought some new clothes with Christmas gift cards the other day. The only thing labeled maternity is one pair of jeans.. (I'm such a nerd, i almost put "genes")

I ended up buying things like long sweaters, some awesome yoga pants, and some sweatshirts.. all very comfy and will fit til it's warm.

I'll post more now.. I'm almost late for bday cake for the boss!!

here's what baby looks like this week:

Speck has toothbuds this week and can grasp things and starting to try to suck thumb.. Yay!!

The Home Stretch

Of my comprehensive exam of course!!
Tomorrow is editing day.. and then it will be emailed to my committee tomorrow night.. Today I have one aim to finish..and then.. dada! Finale. I'm so sick of writing on this stupid thing.. but then I also get really excited to write on it.. Stupid science.

We're in week 10 today. I think i can see a bump. I'm down to my one pair of size 11s and on days where i don't feel bloated i can wear my 9s with the pony tail holder trick.. some of my shirts are starting to get tight across the top section.. yay for motherhood.

I feel great, can eat just about anything, not even queasy.. Maybe that means this is a boy since it's different than it was with Moo.. I'm just very tired. I have been taking about a two hour nap every day from 4-6 or so.. but of course, I've been up writing til one or two every night.. Bleh. I can't write when Mollee is awake. I'd give anything if my boss could read over this for me, but apparently that is one of the rules..BOo. I need a scientist!!

Well, that's it for now. I'll post pics later when i am of sound mind.

Merry merry Christmas everyone! Maybe i'll get to celebrate it at some point!!

Week 9!! In the 3rd month!

Speck has bones this week too and has graduated

to fetus-hood!
Week 9 started on Wednesday the 15th! I feel a little less bloated this week which is great.. some of my clothes fit a little better than they were.. this is such a bad stage.. too fat to wear my regular jeans, not fat enough to wear maternity clothes.. just fat looking, not pregnant looking.. so sad.


Yesterday I ate a blueberry bagel with blueberry cream cheese and 20 dill pickles. Could be pregnancy or it could be that we have no snacks in our house.



I got an extra 4 pages on my proposal yesterday, only 21 more to go!! I suck at this stuff.. I'm such a procrastinator..



I'll add pics of me later.. here's what Speck/Blob looks like this week-

He/she has started moving, can grip things (like ears, nose, etc). I swear late at night when i sit down and relax, i can feel speck move. I know, you think i'm crazy, but i remember what it felt like with Mollee and i felt her the first time at 14 weeks.. I think Speck is flopping.. I don't feel like arms and legs move, like flipping over.



Peace!

Baby belly this week?

What a Beautiful Blob!!

8 week old embryo

This is the last week as an embryo!!

Speck is now a blob! Look how cute he/she is!! They said we were 8 wk 5 days according to measurements and set our due date at July 17, 2010.. We may have two kiddos with the same birthday!!

If you look closely, you can see a little leg and an arm. This is the side of Speck, he/she is laying on the back. We will have our next ultrasound at about 13 wks. Yay!!

7 Weeks!!

7 weeks 3 days.. i feel fat..

I feel a little better, the bloating has let down a little. Today I am wearing maternity jeans because my size 8s no longer fit :( I can squeeze into some bigger jeans pretty comfortably but i only have one pair of those.. these are actually pretty comfortable. Haven't been sick yet, but am having a lot of food adversions.. I've lost 3lbs in two days....Not bad.. wish i could do that when i'm not pregnant! I am getting over a cold, that didn't help things any..

Look how cute Speck is this week!! Eyelids and fingers!! SO cute! And the size of a blueberry.

6 Weeks!!

Belly Pic- 5 weeks 5 days

Baby at 6 weeks!

Half way through the first trimester!! I feel fat. For the last 4-5 days my pants have not fit comfortably.. probably just bloating but man.. bleh. I've been wearing sweats everyday. Speck has fingers and toes this week and looks a little more human. Our next appt is Dec 14. I can't wait to see how big Speck is by then. It's very nice out today, I might go for a jog. I haven 't run since I've been pregnant, but I might try it today. Light jogging.. I have to do something, i feel lazy.

4 week pic

4 weeks 5 days

Same clothes as last week..

Comps Part A

Well, I passed the first part of comps..now the real part begins.. So sad. I can't wait for all of this to be over. I'm still feeling pretty good. Some nausea every once in a while, but it passes, and still tired with really bad back pain. WE love our little Speck though!!
Saturday marks 5 weeks.. I'll post 4 week pics soon.

Our sweet little Speck has little arm and leg paddles this week, and a little eyespot. Look how cute he/she is. I have a feeling Speck is a boy, but who knows. Actually, I'm pretty sure Speck doesn't even know yet!!

5 week embryo--->>

Speck!

Well, I am still prego!! They did an ultrasound and I am only about 4 weeks actually.. He/she just shows up as a litle speck in my uterus, but other than that everything looks good. We spent 2.5 hrs at the Dr this morning and i get to go back in a month. Til then, it's just me and speck, hanging out.. :)

We had to listen to a nurse ask us all these stupid questions. She actually said in front of me "are you sure we should even bother? Is there really a baby? I mean, it's just a speck!" Crazy. But, she asked us about 800 questions about everything, gave us a free book and sent us to the lab for blood draws. 6 tubes of blood later, I am just happy that i have little speck, there is still tons of HCG and everything looks as expected, even though I'm a week behind what i thought i was :(

Happy monday everyone!!!

Excited and nervous...

An embryo at 4 weeks...

So, this morning (less than 8 hours) will be my first prenatal appt. I'm excited but i'm nervous at the same time. I've been having all of these worries..

• The baby will be ectopic


• I'm not really pregnant, it was just a fluke that the test was +


• The baby won't be growing


• My HCG will be too low and they'll expect me to miscarry..

Just worries.. Like, toss and turn at night worries..so this appt will help answer a lot of my questions.. I know i have done this before...but this is 5 years later.. I was only 20 the last time i was prego and as my boss says, "fertility favors the young and stupid" so i worry. Plus, I know a lot of people who have had problems getting pregnant and it just happened so quick..without us even knowing..so I worry!!

Plus, my thyroid problems are a lot more advanced now. I'm on synthroid and i finally know the value of taking it, but I still hope that it's effective (my thyroid disease causes increased miscarriages). I'm also not having a lot of symptoms of pregnancy.. I'm not nauceous, I'm not SUPER tired.. just a little tired, i'm dizzy a lot, but not all the time. I feel pretty good.. BUt maybe it's all the stress and deadlines i'm under that are preventing me from feeling like crap. I have already gained 3 lbs (sucks) and my jeans are getting tight. 3lbs should not make my jeans this tight!! SO anyway, wish me luck!! Here's to hoping all is alright!

Yes, You Heard Right..

Yay!! We are having a baby!!

We are 3 weeks in, so we have a lot of time still...but we are nevertheless very excited. Our due date is July 17, 2010. We are going to the Dr. tomorrow and are hoping everything is OK!

If you are reading this blog, that means you are one of our close friends or family because we're not telling everyone else until 8-12 weeks..

Mollee is hoping for a little brother, but I have no preference. Right now, I'm trying to focus on getting my comprehensive exams done and getting through with most of the STRESS i have to deal with this semester. We'll try to post as often as possible.

3 weeks in..

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